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The Milky Way halo is the brightest source of dark matter annihilation on the sky. Indeed, the potential strength of the Galactic dark matter signal can supersede that expected from dwarf galaxies and galaxy groups even in regions away from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-20 Laura J. Chang , Mariangela Lisanti , Siddharth Mishra-Sharma

Dark matter sterile neutrinos radiatively decay in the Milky Way, which can be tested with searches for almost monochromatic photons in the X-ray cosmic spectrum. We analyse the data of SRG/ART-XC telescope operated for two years in the…

We compute the bounds on the dark matter (DM) annihilation cross section using the most recent Cosmic Microwave Background measurements from WMAP9, SPT'11 and ACT'10. We consider DM with mass in the MeV-TeV range annihilating 100% into…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-13 Laura Lopez-Honorez , Olga Mena , Sergio Palomares-Ruiz , Aaron C. Vincent

Current cosmological models and data suggest the existence of a Cold Dark Matter (DM) component, however the nature of DM particles remains unknown. A favored candidate for DM is a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) in the mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Jeffrey Grube

Current cosmological models and data suggest the existence of a cold Dark Matter (DM) component, however the nature of DM particles remains unknown. A favored candidate for DM is a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) in the mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Benjamin Zitzer

The Milky Way (MW) dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) are particularly intriguing targets to search for gamma rays from Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) annihilation or decay. They are nearby,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-10 Alex McDaniel , Marco Ajello , Christopher M. Karwin , Mattia Di Mauro , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Miguel A. Sanchez-Conde

Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are among the best candidates to search for signals of dark matter annihilation with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, given their high mass-to-light ratios and the fact that they are free…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-01 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , M. Artero , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , H. Bökenkamp , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingarian , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , J. G. Green , D. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , T. Inada , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , I. Jiménez , J. Jormanainen , L. Jouvin , M. Karjalainen , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , L. Linhoff , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , S. Mender , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , P. Peñil , M. Persic , M. Pihet , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , C. Priyadarshi , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , C. Wunderlich , D. Zarić

Observations of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr dSph) galaxy were carried out with the H.E.S.S. array of four imaging air Cherenkov telescopes in June 2006. A total of 11 hours of high quality data are available after data selection.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-22 HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

Due to a large mass-to-light ratio and low astrophysical backgrounds, dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are considered to be one of the most promising targets for dark matter searches via gamma rays. The Fermi LAT Collaboration has recently…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Alex Drlica-Wagner

Most of the mass of the Milky Way galaxy is contributed by its halo, presumably in the form of non-interacting cold dark matter. The axion is a compelling cold dark matter candidate. We report results from a search which probes the local…

Very recent work has identified a new satellite galaxy, Ursa Major III/UNIONS I, which is the faintest such system ever observed. Dynamical considerations indicate that if the system is in equilibrium, it is likely to be highly dark matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-19 Milena Crnogorčević , Tim Linden

We examine the bounds on resonantly-produced sterile neutrino dark matter from phase-space densities of Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). The bounds result from a derivation of the dark matter coarse-grained phase-space density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-14 Mei-Yu Wang , John F. Cherry , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Louis E. Strigari

We examine the prospects for detecting gamma-rays from dark matter annihilation in the six most promising dwarf spheroidal (dSph) satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. We use recently-measured velocity dispersion profiles to provide a…

In the past decade, gamma-ray observations and radio observations of our Milky Way and the Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies put very strong constraints on annihilation cross sections of dark matter. In this article, we suggest…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 Man Ho Chan

We present the first MAGIC/Fermi-LAT joint search for dark matter annihilation gamma-ray signals from dwarf satellite galaxies. We combine 158 hours of observations of Segue 1 by MAGIC with 6-years observations of 15 dwarf satellite…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Javier Rico , Matthew Wood , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Jelena Aleksić

An annihilation signal of dark matter is searched for from the central region of the Milky Way. Data acquired in dedicated ON/OFF observations of the Galactic center region with H.E.S.S. are analyzed for this purpose. No significant signal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-07 HESS Collaboration , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjanian , E. O. Angüner , M. Backes , S. Balenderan , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , D. Berge , S. Bernhard , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , J. Biteau , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Bregeon , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , T. Bulik , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , P. M. Chadwick , N. Chakraborty , R. Chalme-Calvet , R. C. G. Chaves , M. Chrétien , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , Y. Cui , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , P. deWilt , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , A. Donath , L. O'C. Drury , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , D. Fernandez , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , M. Gajdus , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , M. Grudzińska , D. Hadasch , S. Häffner , J. Hahn , J. Harris , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , O. Hervet , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Ivascenko , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , B. Khélifi , M. Kieffer , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , F. Krayzel , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lefaucheur , V. Lefranc , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , J. Méhault , P. J. Meintjes , U. Menzler , M. Meyer , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , K. Morå , E. Moulin , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , L. Oakes , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , S. Pita , H. Poon , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , I. Reichardt , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , C. Romoli , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , D. Salek , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , H. Sol , F. Spanier , G. Spengler , F. Spies , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , J. Vink , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , M. Vorster , T. Vuillaume , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , R. M. Wagner , M. Ward , M. Weidinger , Q. Weitzel , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , R. Yang , V. Zabalza , D. Zaborov , M. Zacharias , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin

Exploring the realm of Dark Matter research, Light DM, which has a mass in the range of 1 MeV to 1 GeV, is a fascinating topic both theoretically and experimentally. We assume that the light dark matter is composed of complex scalars and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-05 Jun Guo , Lei Wu , Bin Zhu

Dark matter annihilation in dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies near the Milky Way has the potential to produce a detectable signature in gamma-rays. The amplitude of this signal depends on the dark matter density in a dSph, the dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-09 Eric J. Baxter , Jason Kumar , Andrew B. Pace , Jack Runburg

Cosmological $N$-body simulations show that Milky Way-sized galaxies harbor a population of unmerged dark matter subhalos. These subhalos could shine in gamma-rays and be eventually detected in gamma-ray surveys as unidentified sources. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-01 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , H. Abdallah , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , E. O. Angüner , C. Arcaro , C. Armand , T. Armstrong , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Baghmanyan , V. Barbosa Martins , A. Barnacka , M. Barnard , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , B. Bi , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , M. de Bony de Lavergne , M. Breuhaus , R. Brose , F. Brun , T. Bulik , T. Bylund , F. Cangemi , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , P. Chambery , J. Catalano T. Chand , A. Chen , G. Cotter , M. Curylo , H. Dalgleish , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , I. D. Davids , J. Davies , J. Devin , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Dmytriiev , A. Donath , V. Doroshenko , L. Dreyer , L. Du Plessis , C. Duffy , K. Egberts , S. Einecke , G. Emery , J. -P. Ernenwein , K. Feijen , S. Fegan , A. Fiasson , G. Fichet de Clairfontaine , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , G. Giavitto , L. Giunti , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , M. -H. Grondin , S. Hattingh , M. Haupt , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , M. Hörbe , D. Horns , Z. Huang , D. Huber , M. Jamrozy , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , V. Joshi , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , D. Khangulyan , B. Khèlifi , S. Klepser , W. Kluzniak , Nu. Komin , R. Konno , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , M. Kreter , G. Kukec Mezek , A. Kundu , G. Lamanna , S. Le Stum , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , C. Levy , T. Lohse , A. Luashvili , I. Lypova , J. Mackey , J. Majumdar , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marchegiani , A. Marcowith , A. Mares , G. Martì-Devesa , R. Marx , G. Maurin , P. J. Meintjes , M. Meyer , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , C. Moore , P. Morris , E. Moulin , J. Muller , T. Murach , K. Nakashima , A. Nayerhoda , M. de Naurois , H. Ndiyavala , J. Niemiec , A. Noel , L. Oberholzer , P. O'Brien , S. Ohm , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , M. Panter , S. Panny , R. D. Parsons , G. Peron , S. Pita , V. Poireau , D. A. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , P. Reichherzer , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , Q. Remy , M. Renaud , F. Rieger , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , H. Rueda Ricarte , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , S. Sailer , H. Salzmann , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , F. Schüssler , H. M. Schutte , U. Schwanke , M. Senniappan , A. S. Seyffert , J. N. S. Shapopi , K. Shiningayamwe , R. Simoni , A. Sinha , H. Sol , H. Spackman , A. Specovius , S. Spencer , M. Spir-Jacob , L. Stawarz , L. Sun , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , C. Thorpe Morgan , J. H. E. Thiersen , M. Tluczykont , L. Tomankova , C. Trichard , M. Tsirou , M. Tsuji , R. Tuffs , Y. Uchiyama , D. J. van der Walt , C. van Eldik , C. van Rensburg , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , J. Vink , H. J. Völk , S. J. Wagner , F. Werner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , Yu Wun Wong , H. Yassin , A. Yusafzai , M. Zacharias , R. Zanin , D. Zargaryan , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , S. Zhu , A. Zmija , J. Zorn , S. Zouari , N. Zywucka